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Redeploy Illinois A Model for Juvenile Justice Reform / Public News Service

Redeploy Illinois is a community-based alternative to incarceration, which keeps kids in their home communities. For decades, most youthful offenders in Illinois were sent to juvenile detention. But 17 years ago, state officials decided there is a better way to help kids headed down the wrong path. .

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Advocates Juvenile Restoration Act Results Suggest Further Reforms / Public News Service

Maryland s Juvenile Restoration Act has been in effect for more than a year now and its impact has people talking about additional reforms. The act created a path for people who were convicted of crimes as minors and have served 20 years or more to file a motion to have their sentence reduced. More than 200 individuals incarcerated in Maryland are eligible for consideration under the JRA. .

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Editorial Advisory Board: Supporting the public defender s office

Recently, the Association for the Public Defender of Maryland, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender gathered to celebrate the MOPD’s first 50 years. The Daily Record Editorial Board joins in this important acknowledgement of the critical role the MOPD plays in an equitable justice system, and congratulates Natasha .

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Man convicted of murder more than 30 years ago could go free

This week, a Maryland law that played a big role in Adnan Syed's release, could result in a similar fate for a man in a very different case.

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Proposed rule would trim prison sentences of Marylanders convicted before age 25, inmates 60 and older

Proposed rule would trim prison sentences of Marylanders convicted before age 25, inmates 60 and older
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